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B. P. STEWART.

CIGAR CUTTER.

No. 350,217. Patented Oct'. 5, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE,

EDMUND P. STEWART, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 350,217, dated October 5, 1886.

Application tiled July 24, 1886. Serial No. 208,969. (No model.)

' following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable oth-' ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

My invention relates to cigar-cutters; and the novelty consists in a peculiar construction and arrangement of an attachment adapted to receive cubes or other blocks having differently-marked faces, whereby the stroke of the plunger used in cutting off the mouth end-of the cigar will agitate the said block to expose different faces. A block-holding plate is held in proper bearings under a transparent pane, and it is held upward by the constant force of a spring. The cutter plunger has an arm which bears upon the frame of this plate, and as the plunger is forced to descend it carries the b10ck-plate with it until the said arm becomes disengaged by automatic devices, when the block-plate will arise by the action of its spring with sufficient violence to throw the cubes or blocks against the pane, whence they will gravitate to the plate and lie at rest in such positions as to expose one of their several faces to view. A spring serves to return the plunger to its normal elevated position as soon as the hand of the operator is removed.

The cubes or blocks may carry on their different faces the names of diflerent brands of cigars or tobacco, or of other articles connected with the tobacco-trade; or they may constitute dice, and serve as a source of amusement as the butt of the cigar is being severed.

The invention consists in the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is avertical section. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line at a; of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3, a horizontal view, partly in section and partly in elevation.

Referring to the drawings, Adesignates the rectangular box or case. It is composed of a bottom, B, having an opening, 1;, sides B B, having guides b for the reception of said bottom, guides b for the reception of a cap-piece, B, and guides c for the engagement of a removable pane, O.

D designates an and piece having a perforated lug, d, through which the plunger E passes, an inclined lug, d, and lugs d carrying a' plate-guiding standard, (1

D designates the other end piece, which is matched to the sides B B and to the bottom B, and provides for the free passage of the pane O to or from its seat, a button, D serving to lock it securely in place. The bottom B, sides B B, cap-piece B and end pieces, D D, are matched and secured together by threaded lugs and screws in, and when thus coni structed the pane may beremoved at will. The cuttings may be removed through a valved passage, H, in the end piece D. The face-piece F is also secured to the box by the fastenings m, and forms a part thereof. This piece is provided with ordinary flaring apertures, f,

which receive the ends of the cigars. The block-plate I is arranged in a horizontal position within the box and under the pane O, and is supported on a frame, J, having an open ing, j, which receives the standard (2 and with a cross-head, J, upon which by a screw,

j, is adjustably secured the cutter K. The

cutter K- has its path adjacent to the inner parts of the apertures f, and the frame J is guided in part byaslotted vertical diaphragm, L. The plunger E passes through the cappiece B and is guided through the lug d, and carries a two-armed lever, 6, one arm, 6, of which lies normally over the frame J, and the other, e, of which has its path on a line with the inclined lug d. A spring, N, is so secured to the plunger E and to the lug d that it not only serves to hold the plunger in its elevated position, but, torsionally, it serves to hold the arm 0 normally into engagement with the frame J. This engagement is broken when the arm 6 rides up the incline of the lug d, as will be readily understood. A spring, 0, arranged between the frame J and the lower lug, 0?, serves to hold the block-plate I in a normal elevated position. The block-plate has a movement independent of the plunger. When the plunger is depressed, as in the act of cutting the end of a cigar, the block-plate is carried downward with it; but as soon as the arm 6 engages the lug dthe block-plateis disengaged from itsconnection with the plunger, and by reason of its spring 0 it is thrown violently upward. The plunger rises independently.

The operation is obvious.

Modifications in details of construction may be made within wide limits without departing from the principle or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

What I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the plunger of a cigar-cutter and with means for partly rotating it, of a block-holding plate-frame carrying a cutting device, an arm carried by the plunger and engaging and disengaging said frame, and a spring, 0, for holding the plate in a normal elevated position independent of the plunger, as set forth.

2. The combination,with a box or casehaving apane, G, aperturesf, and an inclinedlug, d, of a frame, J, carrying a cutting device and carrying a block-plate arranged under said pane, a plunger carrying a two-armed lever, one arm of which engages the frame J and the other the lug d, and springs, as set forth.

3. The combination, with the box having pane C, slotted diaphragm L, lug d, and apertures f, of the frame J, carrying plate I and cutting device, the plunger E, having a twoarmed lever, e e c and the springs N O, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDMUND P. STEWART. 

